Rise From Your Grave

Hello good people.

It's been a week or so since I last posted. I'm going to try and keep this one as brief as possible because I need to get up nice and early in the morning to go and do this essay that's due on Wednesday. I guess this post is basically a review of the Dragonforce gig I went to on Saturday night.

I may as well give each band a little intro and review them then I guess. I was a little apprehensive about the gig at first, not being a huge metal fan in the beginning, and the band originally on the bill, All That Remains i was quite looking forward to but they were replaced earlier in the tour or whatever with a Swedish Band called Sabaton... I was a little disheartened. So on to the reviewing.

Glamour Of The Kill - Well in all fairness to the guys, they didn't have much audience to work with. Not many people bothered to turn up for the early support acts. Saying that though, I was very impressed with what they played. I don't really know who to compare them with, i guess they're a little like Bullet For My Valentine, but Sam says they're like Avenged Sevenfold. They're now one of my favourite bands lol, i plan on seeing them in Liverpool next year. Along side that, they're really sound guys, I spoke to them at the end on the way out and they're the soundest band I've met. Shame they're from York though.
DOWNLOAD/SPOTIFY - A Hope In Hell, Rise From Your Grave,In Search of Salvation

Sylosis - Me and Joe struggled to get their name right all night, Joe even called them synopsis before lol. They came on with a pretty good stage presence. Again is struggle with music comparisons, I don't seem to be able to hear comparing sections of songs etc. I likened the singers style to Atreyu in a way, plus he looked a little like Alex Varkatzas. I guess you could link it in a little with Bring Me The Horizon. They were really good too, plus again really great guys had a quick chat with guitarist, Josh or Bailey, I don't know which one, again sound guy will try to catch another of their shows.
DOWNLOAD/SPOTIFY - Reflections Through Fire, After Lifeless Years, Oath Of Silence

Sabaton - The band I had no idea about. All I'd hear was through my walls from Sam's room over the past week or so, and the lyrics he shouted at me. I wasn't really looking forward to it. However, I have never seen a band with such stage presence, every single one of the band came out beaming, they had the happiest bassist ever. plus the guys bass was painted with snow camouflage, awesome. When the Singer came out... the most charasmatic lead singer ever. In fairness i'm not their biggest fan it's just not my scene but how they played I could do nothing but bow down to them.
Spoke to both guitarist on the way out and they were amazed how well it went, you could see it on their faces when they were playing though. Comparisons... ask Sam.
DOWNLOAD/SPOTIFY - Ghost Division, Cliffs Of Gallipoli, Panzerkampf

Dragonforce - Everyone I'd met who'd seen Dragonforce live said they were shit. Give them their due, they impressed me a lot. The now legendary skills of Herman Li i have witnessed first hand, i must say his guitar must taste good, he licked it like 7 times. They are mental on stage, I don't really know many dragonforce songs, I know Fire and Flames and Heroes Of Our Time, so i was stuck on the rest but they were still brilliant. We managed to get all of their autographs in The Ship afterwards all except ZP, the lead singer but hey, again they were really nice guys, and I shared a drink with them.
DOWNLOAD/SPOTIFY - Through Fire And Flames, Heroes Of Our Time, Valley Of The Damned.


That was supposed to be short but it turned into a full on article.



Rise from you grave, and take my hand.

Chariot

Well firstly this post will not involve any rants to the relief of some. I don't particularly have much to talk about this time, so this will be a short post this time. The only thing i shall be posting this time will be numbers 11 through 20 of my playlist.

Here it is:
11. The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
12.Gavin DeGraw - Chariot
13. Muse - Hysteria
14. Weezer - Pork and Beans
15. The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
16. The Who - Baba O'Reilly
17. The Beatles - Revolution
18.Nirvana - In Bloom
19. Kings of Leon - Camaro
20.The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

And for my obligatory video of the post.However, it will not let me embed this video so follow the link. It has Donald Faison in it :D
Gavin DeGraw - Chariot

I don't wanna be anything other than me

Decode

Well I guess this blog is to complain this time, I have complained a little in prior blogs but this is a full out moan.

Firstly, I have had it with people going on about Twilight. It looks awful, I haven't seen either movie, some may say that I haven't given it a fair chance because of this. The thing that annoys me the most about the buzz about this set of films is the amount of girls who go weak at the knees for Bobby P (yeah I called him Bobby P cos he's a tool and deserves a tool's name) who has the face like somebody who has just remembered he left the gas on then was hit in the face by Chuck Norris' heel. That may be a little extreme, I like exaggerating.

Secondly, I am fuming regarding the fact that by the looks of it that Ireland aren't going to get a replay for their World Cup Qualifying Play-Off with France. Firstly, I now understand what my fellow Englishmen/women (to be PC) felt like back when Maradona struck back in '86. I think it's an outrage that FIFA aren't even looking to try to bend the rules for future incidences, however, I'm not surprised the French have denied the Irish a replay. I find it ironic that nobody has forgiven France for folding like a pack of cards back in WW2. However, as Groundskeeper Willie put it, the "cheese eating surrender monkeys" yet again have waltzed towards the World Cup.

I would suggest that boycotted all Gilette products as Thierry Henry is endorced by them, but i don't shave anyway lol.

On a lighter note, and awy from my rant I shall reveal the first 10 songs to make it onto my playlist:
1. Journey - Don't Stop Believing
2. Hoobastank - The Reason
3. Melee - Built to Last
4. Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning
5. Audioslave - Show Me How To Live
6. No Doubt - Don't Speak
7. Bob Dylan - The Times Are A Changin'
8. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
9. Radiohead - Creep
10. Rocky + Balls - I Heart You Online

I presume many of you havn't heard the last song, and as per usual i shall embed a video for your pleasure. I suggest you have a look at their stuff, it's pretty damn good.



But if you go around carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you aint gonna make it with anyone anyhow. Alright?

Show Me How To Live

I'm getting addicted to this blogging lark. I can't actually go a day without posting something. Whether it be micro-blogging on Twitter or on here talking about what ever pops into my head. If you per chance are following are follwoing me on twitter you would have just been notified that i have decided to start a list of 100 songs to ssave your life. The main reason i have chosen to do this is that i was inspired by an episode of One Tree Hill.

I expect some of you have done a double take at that. In fairness 12 months ago, i would have done the same. However, since then i have become addicted to the soppy teen-soap from across the pond. The frist few series are a bit tedious in my opinion but i still love them. The episode in question is entitled "Show Me How To Live", hence the title for this blog entry, One of the main characters in OTH, Peyton, makes a video diary where she mentions creating a playlist of 100 songs which are stored on an iPod in a sort of time capsule for her unborn child. The reason for this being that Peyton has been diagnosed with some complication which could may result with her dying during child birth. This is what inspired me to make my own playlist.

I have some rules however:
1. I cannot use more than one song by an artist/band.
2. I musn't just copy my music library from iTunes.

This is going to be tough, I shall be scouring my music libraries and the airwaves to compile my list. One little comment though for those who actually read this blog, if you have a suggestion please comment, but if you don't agree with my choices which i will be posting after I get to certain landmarks ( after every 10 songs) please don't complain, make your own if you don't like it, obviously following my rules :).

As before i leave you with a youtube video, this time being the video to the first song to make it onto my playlist. The reason for it being on my playlist.... It's Journey.



Don't stop believing

Getting Better

After listening to the majority of the Beatles' discography, I'm currently listening to Getting Better on the Sgt Pepper album, I was a little disheartened that I was not alive during the Beatles hay day. Firstly, I would have loved to have seen them live together, and witnessed how magnificent George Harrison was on guitar, and John Lennon seemed, from various video footage i have witnessed, to be the epitomy of scouse humour. Watching/listening to various interviews i have been on the floor laughing when John opens his mouth. I recently invested in Beatles rockband, which in fairness has started my Beatles obsession, and I love the music. I have to say I prefer the music prior to the end of touring, but there are songs like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and I Am the Walrus which I love. I think everyone should go through a Beatles period in their lives.

I leave you with an interview with John Lennon giving the account of his first acid trip.



Goo Goo G'joob

Goodbyeee

Hello

I don't know if anybody actually read my previous post from back in April, if you havn't, i've now deleted it and you didn't miss much, it was a simple paragraph on why i like cricket. Pretty boring huh.

I guess I should offer my analysis on the world today though my eyes or something. Well I write this post on rememberance day, 11th november, even though I have no known ties to those who gave their lives in the Great War, I always make a point of giving a small portion of my day every year to remember, like we all do with our poppies, those who gave their lives. It doesn't seem like much really, but I like to make the point of it because as I have grown older, I have noticed that many of my peers don't share my respect for the older generations. As we've seen recently in Sheffield, drunk or not, a fellow student urinated on the war memorial. I share the mentality of the the outraged press, even though I hate to admit it.

There is one thing that always makes me stop and think about the Great War, and it is the final 5 minutes of the final episode of Blackadder goes Fourth. It is, in my humble student opinion, one of the most moving pieces of film I have ever seen. The fact that the name of the episode ties in with the title of this blog entry is no coincidence.

I encourage you to watch it here

In rememberance of those who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-18